Fundamentals of Modern Aerodynamic Design and Analysis
This course aims at providing the basics of Aerodynamics for students and professionals who are considering the Aerospace industry as an academic focus area, a job target, or for those who are aircraft enthusiasts. A basic knowledge of mathematics (undergraduate level) is recommended for students to follow everything discussed in the course, but even without that the audience should be able to follow most of the course. Several experiments will be shown, and concepts are discussed with the help of videos of real-life scenarios, incidents and controlled-experiments.
Topics
- To develop a fundamental understanding of fluid flow with a focus on how air behaves near moving objects. Specifically, the objective is to learn about how lift is generated by airfoils, form and skin friction drags, separation, turbulence, wing boundary layer, and different approximate theories to analyze flight.
- By the end of this course, students should have an in-depth understanding of how aerial vehicles work, and be able to estimate different characteristics of moving objects in air.
Official catalogue course objectives and student learning outcomes
Prerequisites & course information
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Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027